Flower-pot support.



UNITED STATES Patented July 5, 1904.

PATENT EEicE.

FLOWER-POT SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,042, dated July 5,1904.

Application filed March 14, 1904. Serial No. 198,164. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM CoBBE'rr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cooperstown, in the county of ()tsego and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flower-PotSupports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improved devices for supporting or hangingpots of growing plants.

The object of the invention is to provide a hanging device which may bequickly applied to a flower-pot to enable the same to be suspended froma suitable support.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will besimple, strong and durable, inexpensive, and well adapted to the purposefor which it is designed.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing theapplication of the device to a flower-pot. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of a flower-pot having applied thereto a hanger formed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofthe hanger removed from the pot.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a flower-pot,which may be of the common or ordinary form and construction, beingprovided on its upper end with the usual flange or ofl'set rim 2.

The hanger 3 is preferably formed of a single piece of stiff spring-wirerod of suitable size and strength. The hanger is made by first bendingan eye orsuspending device 4: on one end of the rod, which latter formsa hanger-arm L. Near the opposite end of the same the wire is bent toform a triangularlyshaped jaw 5, which is adapted to engage the outsideof the pot. The end of the wire, is now bent to .form a loop 6 and thenextends downwardly in approximately parallel relation to the jaw 5,projecting some distance below the same, where it is doubled or foldedupon itself, as at 7, thereby forming a smooth rounded end, which willnot injure the roots of the plants when forced into the pot. The lowerportion of the triangularly-shaped jaw 5 is bent slightly inwardly tocause the same to more firmly grip the flange of the pot.

In applying the hanger to a pot the edge of the pot is engaged betweenthe triangularly-shaped outer jaw and the looped end of the wire formingthe inner jaw. The hanger is now pushed down until the loop 6 engagesthe upper edge of the pot. The inwardlybent lower end of the jaw 5 willengage under the offset flange or rim 2, while the doubled or folded end7 will extend down into the pot and engage the inner side of the same,thereby firmly connecting the hanger with the pot. Immediately above thepot the hanger is bent first inwardly and then upwardly in the form of acompound curve, providing an inclined or offset portion, as shown at 8,so as to project the hanger-arm 4: beyond the plane of the jaw 7 so thatwhen said pot is suspended by the hanger the arm 4 will lie above thebody of the pot and the weight of the pot and contents will tend tocause the jaw 5 to more firmly engage theflange or rim of the pot, aswill be understood.

It is frequently desirable to hang pots of growing plants to thesash-bars or other supports in hothouses, and to do this itis necessaryto provide a hanger of some kind to support the pots. Ordinarily thesehangers consist of two or more wires looped or twisted around the potsand do not present a very attractive appearance, besides beingtroublesome and inconvenient to apply. A hanger constructed as hereinshown and described obviates all these objectionable features andprovides aneat and simple device, which may be quickly and easilyapplied to a pot to firmly hold and support the same. It will beunderstood that these hangers may be made in any desirable lengths andof various sizes of wire capable of supporting pots of different sizes.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A flower-pot hanger formed of a single piece of wire bent at one end toform a hangerarm having a suspending device and at its opposite end toform a jaw to engage the inner side of the pot, a loop at the upper endof first-named jaw to lie above the body of the pot, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM COBBETT. W itnesses:

\VM. H. DOUBLEDAY, J r., F. P. FULLER.

